Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American author, activist, and civil rights leader Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006) at a London hotel, UK, 21st March 1969. (Photo ...
During a conference in 1969, two librarians, Glyndon Flynt Greer and Mabel McKissick, happened to meet at the booth of publisher John Carroll. The trio observed that no African-American author or ...
Click to open image viewer. Mrs. Coretta Scott King arrives at Ebenezer Baptist Church. This was the first time that there was an official gathering to honor and celebrate the life of Dr. Martin ...
Her peace activism helped transform private doubt into public protest and make it possible for millions of people to be brave together. On June 8, 1965, Coretta Scott King stepped up to speak at the ...
In the spring of 1969, Coretta Scott King stood in front of a packed church in Charleston, S.C., to address a group of striking hospital workers. She wore a simple white dress and layered strands of ...
Coretta Scott King was more than the wife and widow of Martin Luther King Jr. She was an architect of justice and a leader in her own right. A classically trained singer turned activist, she was as ...